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We've been having mad cravings for vegan chili as the weather is still cool for this time of the year. The weather has actually been really wacky… lots of rain, and cold days. The weather is usually in the 80s this time of year, but today it's only reached a high of 65. I'm not complaining. At all. Trust me. The month of May just means the summer is around the corner, which means hot summer months. Ugh. Such a drag. So as much as I would like some days in the high 70s/low 80s, I'm going to enjoy this weather now because it's gonna get hot in herrre. Okay, now I'm complaining.
We decided to take advantage of today's weather to make some spicy vegan chili to satiate our cravings. And satiate it did! I would love to eat this chili all year around, but the thought of cooking and eating it during the summer when the temperatures can range anywhere from 100-110 degrees F seems torturous. In fact, anything involving the burners or the oven inside the house during the summer heat sounds unpleasant.
Interestingly, I enjoy this chili more than I do a hearty and meaty chili! Don't get me wrong, I'm a total carnivore. In fact, my initial thought before I tried this chili for the first time was how vegan chili could taste better than a meaty chili? Well, let me tell you, I was completely blown away after my first bowl. The texture of the "ground meat" fooled me, and the beans, vegetables, and spices were so flavorful that I didn't need or miss the meat. This chili even fooled my dad who says no one can trick him with vegan meat products. Hah! Take that, dad!
This chili is truly the best prescription for the soul.
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 small yellow onions, diced
1 red bell peppers, seeded and diced
4 large garlic clovies, minced
2 large jalapeno peppers, minced
1 large serrano pepper, minced
12 ounces textured vegetable protein (aka, original Smart Ground)
1 cups water
1 cans (28 ounces each) crushed tomatoes
1 cans (15 ounces each) red kidney beans, drained
1 can (15 ounce) black beans, drained
3 medium sized fresh tomatoes, chopped
1.5 tablespoons chili powder
2 teaspoons cumin
1/2 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
In a large dutch oven, heat the extra virgin olive oil over medium high heat. Add the garlic and onions, and saute for five minutes or until the onions are translucent.
Add the textured vegetable protein and water, cook for 5 minutes, while stirring occasionally. Add the remaining ingredients and cook for another five minutes. Reduce the heat to a medium to medium-low (depending on your burners), and let it "stew", stirring occasionally, for about 20 minutes (or until the bell peppers are tender).
Remove from heat and serve with your favorite toppings!


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April was a great month! From celebrating Passover, to some of my favorite things, to participating in a wonderful bake sale, it has been packed with lots of great events with fantastic friends! May is already getting packed with wonderful things, and I am taking on another month challenge. In the past I have made desserts with the Daring Bakers, and participated in NaBloPoMo. This May, I am taking on a new feat, the Photo A Day May. It includes taking a picture everyday and posting about it. I am excited about this challenge, since I have not only been looking for a way to take more photos, but it will give me a chance to try more photo editing as I will be putting the photos across the Interwebs. I also love this challenge because it allows me to think about photographs in a more creative way and, like the month challenges I participated in before, it makes me have to blog more often. In case you want to participate, too, and to make it easier to follow along, here's what I will be taking photos of:
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Kevin Feige talks making Cap a "fish out of water" in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Sam Raimi's producing the movie adaptation of The Last of Us. Gareth Edwards explains how Godzilla is a character-centric movie. And there are details about Mira Sorvino's Falling Skies character. Spoilers now!
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay
Robert Knepper is playing Antonius in the film — a character who does not exist in the books. And Knepper, doing press for Arrow a few days ago, claimed he doesn't know anything more about the character than that, saying:
I don't even know yet! I know what I read for. I read, this was last summer... This is a huge movie. This is a huge two movies, and I know that what I got [in the casting sides] is not what I'll end up doing, they're so secretive about this.
You're going to find out when I find out. Well, I'll find out a little bit sooner than you, but I still haven't found out for sure.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Marvel's Kevin Feige explained why they felt that the '70s thriller idea would work for this film:
. . . I believe the key is to make [the superhero films] all different and to make them all unique and to make them all stand apart while connecting together. And that's what the comics do, you know. You can find Captain America stories that are as sort of two dimensional and red, white and blue as you would think from the costume. Then you've got great stories in the seventies and eighties and then you have the amazing [Ed] Brubaker run, which is dealing with this notion of conspiracies and authorities and what it seems to be coinciding with when Cap returned in the early sixties, and then suddenly ten years later there's Watergate and he's gone through the seventies. That's interesting stuff to me. So we're sort of pulling from all of those tales for this story. And like the first film was a Marvel superhero origin story masquerading as a World War II propaganda movie, this is a Marvel superhero sequel masquerading as a seventies political thriller. And then, frankly, all the stuff that's happening now with the NSA and the news is just — it's pretty amazing timing for us because that's much of what Cap is. That's the kind of thing Cap doesn't particularly like — that our fake comic book organization and real life national security organization seem to be doing. Which, again, is always nice when your big, entertaining, fun movie can touch into some aspect of a grounded real world — no matter how crazy that real world may be.
He also talked about making a character like Captain America work for modern audiences:
I don't mind if it feels old fashioned. I don't mind if he feels out of place. He is out of place, and he is kind of old fashioned in the modern era. I care if he feels two dimensional. I care if he feels boring, or if he feels in any way not like a fully-formed character. But in this movie, we're embracing that side. That's part of his conflict, with Fury and with some of the other members of S.H.I.E.L.D., is the fact that he has a — he's from a different place. He has a different set of values, I think. Or at least he thinks he does, initially. And we want to play into that and run towards that which creates conflict, which creates drama, which creates character.
We're careful not to make him a goofball fish out of water, you know. We don't spend a lot of time with him trying to understand what an iPhone is. . . . We have some fun with it. And frankly Cap because he's been around in the modern day for a little while post-"Avengers." He sort of has fun with peoples' expectations. He sometimes pretends not to understand something when he does. He goes, "Oh, I forget."
More at the link. [Comic Book Resources]
Director Gareth Edwards said the goal was to focus on the plot and not get distracted by the special effects:
It's very easy to get seduced by CGI. But it's just about the story and creating characters that you really care about.
To do that, the film emphasizes characters such as Bryan Cranston's nuclear physicist, Joe; Juliette Binoche as his wife, Sandra; and Aaron Taylor-Johnson as their son, Ford. The story is kicked off by Sandra apparently being trapped in an accident in a Japanese nuclear power plant and then, fifteen years later, Joe and Ford returning to the plant to investigate. [The London Evening Standard]
Last of Us
Sam Raimi and Screen Gems will produce a film version of the post-pandemic video game. According to Deadline, "Neil Druckmann, the Creative Director for the game, will write the script. The creative architects will be Naughty Dog co-presidents Evan Wells and Christophe Balestra, as well as Druckmann and Game Director Bruce Straley." [Deadline]
Once Upon a Time
They'd already announced that Rose McGowan would be back to play Cora, so a flashback to that time is clearly in the cards. We'll also be seeing a young King Leopold interacting with familiar faces. I wonder if that means more than the expected, like Cora and Rumpelstiltskin. The show will also be revealing more information about Snow's mother. [TV Guide]
The Vampire Diaries
Executive producer Caroline Dries explained the role of the Travelers on the show, saying:
What we've been trying to do with The Travelers is keep this undercurrent of danger through the whole season, but not quite explain what they're doing because — shocker! — it will impact all the characters in a negative way. [Near the end] of this season they'll make their agenda known and their leader will come forth.
[TV Guide]
Falling Skies
Mira Sorvino will be joining the cast for a few episodes as Sara, whom executive producer David Eick described as "a ballsy, brash woman with a complicated past" who proves to be a worthy foil — and ultimately a love interest — for Pope." They'll have a love-hate relationship. She survived on an isolated farm. See a photo of Sorvino in character below. [TV Guide]
Being Human
Here's an interview from Dweebcast with Sam Witwer on the show's final season:
After her child's birth, Adalind's powers return as promised, and the newborn baby's powers will manifest in interesting new ways. And the guys in Oregon will be investigating a baby-eater. [TV Guide]
The show's return will quickly explain where Aaron is, how he got there, and why he's seeing dead people. One of his visions will represent his "worst nightmare," and life won't get any better for Aaron in the real world. [TV Guide]
Here's a video interview with Matt Vairo about what the show's return has in store for Connor. [K Site TV]
Go here for more photos from episode 2.16, "Exposition Boulevard." [SpoilerTV]
Here's are the descriptions for both next week's "Suicide Squad" and the following episode, "Birds of Prey":
Suicide Squad - Following Slade's return and his promise to make good on his threat to destroy Oliver's loved ones, Oliver focuses all his energy on preparing for battle with his former friend. Sarah tries to help but, fearing for her safety, Oliver pushes her away. Meanwhile, Diggle is recruited by Amanda Waller (guest star Cynthia Addai-Robinson) and A.R.G.U.S. to stop a warlord (guest star Lee Majdoub) he knew from his time in Afghanistan. Always the solider, Diggle agrees to help. However, he's not prepared when Amanda introduces him to the rest of the team – Deadshot (guest star Michael Rowe), Bronze Tiger (guest star Michael Jai White) and Shrapnel (guest star Sean Maher), all criminals he and Arrow helped put away. Lyla (guest star Audrey Marie Anderson) defends the team and explains the world is a complicated place, but Diggle isn't sure he agrees. When the mission takes a dangerous turn, Diggle is forced to make a difficult decision.
Birds of Prey - When Frank Bertinelli (guest star Jeffrey Nordling) is arrested, Oliver knows it's only a matter of time before his daughter, Helena, AKA The Huntress (guest star Jessica De Gouw), returns to town. To make matters worse, Laurel is picked to try Frank's case, putting her right in the path of Helena. Oliver tells Sara he will handle his ex-girlfriend, but when Helena takes hostages at the courthouse, including Laurel, the Canary will stop at nothing to save her sister. When The Huntress and Canary meet, an epic battle begins. Meanwhile, Roy realizes he needs to keep Thea safe, but doesn't like the way he is forced to go about it.
And here's the extended promo for "Suicide Squad." [via SpoilerTV]
Here's the synopsis for March 25's episode, "Mother's Little Helper":
MISHA COLLINS MAKES HIS DIRECTING DEBUT — Dean (Jensen Ackles) struggles with the after effects of the Mark of Cain. Meanwhile, Sam (Jared Padalecki) hears about a case where straight-laced people are turning into violent murderers. Sam suspects possession and suggests to Dean that they investigate, but Dean tells him to go without him. While interviewing the local townsfolk, Sam meets an elderly woman named Julia (guest star Jenny O'Hara), who tells him the Men of Letters came to town in 1958. Josie tells Sam the story of a young man named Henry Winchester (guest star Gil McKinney) and his female companion, Josie Sands (guest star Alaina Huffman). While Sam is away, Crowley (Mark Sheppard) tests Dean. Misha Collins directed the episode written by Adam Glass (#917).
Tomorrow People
Here's an extended promo for episode 1.16, "Superhero." [via SpoilerTV]
The 100
Here's the description for the second episode, "Earth Skills," airing March 19:
LINDSEY MORGAN ("GENERAL HOSPITAL") GUEST STARS IN THIS EPISODE — Having discovered that Jasper (Devon Bostick) may still be alive, Clarke (Eliza Taylor), Bellamy (Bob Morley), Octavia (Marie Avgeropoulos), Finn (Thomas McDonell) and Monty (Chris Larkin) set out on a mission to locate their friend and are shocked at what they find. Meanwhile, on the Ark, Abby (Paige Turco) is determined to get to Earth, and enlists Raven (guest star Lindsey Morgan) to craft an escape pod. Isaiah Washington and Henry Ian Cusick also star. Dean White directed the episode written by Jason Rothenberg (#102).
Here's the synopsis for episode 1.6, "Stabbed with a White Wench's Black Eye":
THE ATRIANS MAKE A MOVE AGAINST THE RED HAWKS — When Emery (Aimee Teegarden) is confronted by a tabloid photographer (guest star Jabari Thomas) with video of her talking about cyper, she enlists Julia's (Malese Jow) help to find a replacement story for him. Meanwhile, Drake (Greg Finely) tells Roman (Matt Lanter) that Grayson's (Grey Damon) parents are the leaders of the Red Hawks. When Grayson's parents throw a big charity ball at their house, Drake makes plans to go, at Vega's request, to undertake an important mission. Roman goes to the party to make sure Drake stays out of trouble, but gets caught in the middle of a kidnapping scheme. Oz Scott directed the episode written by Yolanda E. Lawrence (#106).
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa — "Are you American?" the South African man asked me at a recent pick-up soccer game in Cape Town.
"Yes," I replied.
"Jozy Alllllltidore! I loooooove Jozy Altidore!"
I smiled. "I do, too."
(High fives exchanged.)
In the US, it's easy to forget that the American team is, in fact, quite well known by soccer fans throughout the world — and often closely followed.
"They play very good now," the man, named Zulu, continued. "When they play in South Africa last year, they play very good. They beat Spain!"
What, I wondered, would fans from South Africa and around the world say about the US team following the game against England?
Lee, a model from South Africa
"They played a very exciting game—they were very competitive. I like them. In 2002, I was like, whoa, the US can play soccer! They don't just play American football in America anymore! I hadn't even noticed them before that tournament. But now they are in it to win it, and I think they can go far. Landon Donovan is very quick."
Olie, a college student from Norway
"I don't think the US can win the whole tournament, but I think they will make it to the quarterfinals. The US and England are going through, so the result doesn't really matter. Carragher could not handle Altidore!"
Alan, an engineer from England
"It was sh*te! Absolute rubbish. We should have won that game, but we didn't score in the second half. We've had Emile Heskey for 12 years. Twelve years! If that's really our best option up front, then we're in trouble. The US was outplayed, but in the end they deserved the point because they battled hard. Howard had a very good game. Cheers! Good luck!"
James, a railway worker from South Africa
"How did the game end? A 1-1 tie? Good! [Expletive] the English."
James then proceeds to describe South Africa's thumping of France in rugby the day before, and shows me his commemorative hat from the match.
Franz, a banker from Germany
"I think England need a new goalie!" (Several seconds of laughter.)
"The US team has come a long way. I don't think this was their best performance, but it was a good result for them. I like Dempsey and, how do you say? Onyewu? Very strong players."
Frank, an office manager from Holland
(Shakes head with a look of utter disdain, as if smelling something noxious.)
"The US boys were lucky. They have a very good goalie, and he was very well positioned on all of the saves. But they were very fortunate with their group, so they will go through to the next round."
Frank then proceeds to tell me that Holland don't need Robben to do well, and that they have the best players.
Ahmed, a student from Algeria
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Baldwin says voters are tired of gridlock in Washington
MADISON, Wis. — Tammy Baldwin said her victory in Wisconsin's U.S. Senate race was driven by voters' concerns about the economy, and she intends to work on pursuing an agenda to strengthen manufacturing both in Wisconsin and nationwide during her first year in office.
Baldwin defeated Republican former Gov. Tommy Thompson in Tuesday's election by more than 5 points based on unofficial results. She spoke about the race Wednesday in interviews with various news organizations.
Baldwin described Tuesday night's win as an intense moment, where victory and history crossed the Senate finish line together.
"The energy in the room was palpable, and I think so many there had worked so hard because they care about the future of this state. They knew how high the stakes were in this presidential race and in this U.S. Senate race," Baldwin said. "This was a very historic race in that Wisconsin chose me to trust with those significant challenges, and I'm looking forward and ready to do that."
Baldwin's election breaks two barriers as she becomes the first openly gay candidate and the first Wisconsin woman elected to U.S. Senate.
Baldwin said she ran not to make history but to make a difference with a balanced approach to the nation's challenges.
"And we have to have an approach that doesn't burden or saddle only the middle class and seniors and veterans with the responsibility of meeting those challenges. For everyone to get a fair shot, everyone has to do their fair share," Baldwin said.
One of the first things Baldwin would like to do in the Senate is bring together all the industrial state senators together to create what she calls a robust manufacturing agenda. She said she'd like to keep U.S. manufacturing plants open and prevent those jobs from going overseas.
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson said he spoken with Democratic Sen.-elect Tammy Baldwin and congratulated her on her victory in Tuesday's election.
Johnson said Wednesday he wants to sit down with Baldwin and discuss areas where they can agree as they prepare to represent Wisconsin together in the U.S. Senate. But Johnson said he agrees that they are about as polar opposite politically as could be.
Johnson is a tea party Republican elected in 2010.
Baldwin said voters sent a message Tuesday that they are tired of gridlock in Washington with her victory and by re-electing President Barack Obama.


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A range of activities. All activities need to be booked at the weekly meetings (Thursday). Note there are no meetings during August, ages 6-14 years. Restricted to scouts, cubs and beavers. Contact Diane New for details.
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Robert George: Catholic Oppression Coming Over Marriage
The Princeton professor predicts that persecution will be directed against those who oppose a redefinition of marriage.
WASHINGTON — A Princeton law professor has predicted increasing persecution of Catholic teaching on sexuality, amid accusations by a New York scholar that such teaching creates a culture of rape.
In a Jan. 17 email to Catholic News Agency, Robert George of Princeton University warned of rising oppression against those who oppose a redefinition of marriage.
Such persecution includes an increase in "the use of 'anti-discrimination' laws to violate the freedom of religious institutions and religious individuals to honor their beliefs about marriage and sexual morality," he said.
George's comments came amid claims by one scholar that Catholic teaching on human sexuality contributed to the brutal gang rape of a 23-year-old Indian woman on a Delhi bus one night in December. The woman died from her injuries days after the attack while undergoing treatment in Singapore.
Ian Buruma, who is a professor of democracy, human rights and journalism at Bard College in New York, told CNA on Jan. 21 that Pope Benedict XVI's "narrow views on proper human relationships reinforce the idea in other, more violent men that women outside those traditional relationships are 'loose' and thus deserve what is coming to them."
He argued that the Pope's tacit criticism of same-sex unions in a Christmas address to the Roman Curia supports sexual aggression and rage by promoting fear of sexual liberty.
While he acknowledged that the Pope's speech — which was delivered after the violent attack took place — did not directly influence the rapists, Buruma said that "arguments such as the Pope's reinforce sexual norms that incite men to violence."
"[T]he rapists, coming from a deeply conservative rural Indian background," he said, "assumed that the only right place for a young woman was in the family home as a mother and wife."
Buruma criticized the Holy Father in a Jan. 14 article in the Daily Star for promoting what he described as a culture of rape.
"I would argue that his speech actually encourages the kind of sexual aggression that can result in the savagery that took place in New Delhi," he wrote.
The professor suggested that restricting sexual activity to heterosexual marriage could prompt sexual repression. "[T]he more sex is repressed and people are made to fear it, the greater the chance of sexual violence," he said.
The address that Buruma referenced, delivered by the Holy Father on Dec. 21, did not specifically reference homosexuality, but, rather, called for the strengthening of the family.
The Pope warned that the human family is disintegrating — especially in the West — because false understandings of human freedom see sexuality as a mere "social role" to be chosen rather than a biological reality of nature to be accepted.
Describing father, mother and child as "key figures of human existence," he warned that a distorted understanding of sexuality loses a proper view of male and female as being the foundational "essence of the human creature."
"The defense of the family is about man himself," Pope Benedict affirmed.
Persecution Already Under Way
Scholars in recent months have increasingly warned of persecution for those who do not affirm all sexual practices as being equal.
Professor George cautioned in a July 2012 article for the online journal Public Discourse that anything less than full support of same-sex "marriage" is increasingly labeled as "bigotry" and is being "eradicated" from the public square.
In his email to CNA, George said that this attitude has already attacked the private sphere.
Business owners, adoption agencies and workers in several states have already been threatened, pushed out of their industries or forced to violate their consciences in order to operate their businesses, he said.
George pointed to public-school teachers and government employees who "have been subjected to disciplinary action and threatened with termination of employment" for expressing their biblical views on marriage, even in personal forums such as Facebook.
He added that, unless society changes its acceptance of religious beliefs, this trend will likely continue in the future.
"Soon you will see pressure against the tax-exempt status of the Catholic Church and other religious organizations that teach that marriage is the conjugal union of husband and wife," he said, adding that there will also be efforts to deny accreditation to academic institutions "because of their teachings on marriage and sexuality."


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This technique is sort of a hybrid between strumming and picking. Will uses a track that we learned earlier in the series to demonstrate this technique that you will find in all sorts of classic songs. A great technique to know, it can do a lot to spice up your strumming!
Taught by Will Ripley in Rocking on Acoustic Guitar seriesLength: 13:23Difficulty: 2.5 of 5
Will Ripley is back with his series, Rocking on Acoustic Guitar! Known for his electric rock guitar series on Jamplay, Will shows us how to rock on the acoustic with this series geared towards rock, classic rock and pop-rock acoustic guitar techniques.
Lesson 1
Welcome to Acoustic Guitar! This series is geared for beginning and intermediate players with a focus on rock, classic rock, and pop-rock aspects of the acoustic guitar. In this video, Will gives you...Length: 5:08 Difficulty: 0.0 Members Only
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To get us started on the right foot, Will goes over some foundational techniques that are 'must know' for this series!Length: 9:11 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
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In this lesson, Will gets more specific with the right hand. Learning proper hand placement for strumming and fingerpicking will set you up with a solid foundation!Length: 10:29 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
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Not to forget the left hand, Will focuses in on proper thumb placement on the neck of the guitar, as well as how to get nice clean tones from your guitar without any buzz!Length: 13:29 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 5
In this lesson, Will lays out a path for the beginning guitarist. Following this path will ensure you set yourself up for success on the acoustic guitar!Length: 12:15 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 6
Before Will dives into all the chords you need to know, he brings us this lesson that will set you up for success moving forward. This includes his big secret to changing chords!Length: 11:05 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 7
Not all chords are necessary to know when you're just getting going on guitar. Will shows you some essential chords that will get you prepped to play tons of songs!Length: 15:19 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 8
Strumming and rhythm are huge parts of learning guitar. Many players feel they have to know very specific patterns. Will is here to teach you that it's more about developing a sense of rhythm that will...Length: 9:57 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 9
Here's a cool little technique that gives some dynamic quality to your playing. Just another tool in your tool belt that you can use at any given time!Length: 5:17 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 10
Sometimes chords can be much simpler than we think. This is the case in this lesson. With a basic one finger movement, you can play three super cool sounding chords!Length: 8:30 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 11
This lesson explores these great chords that allow you to get super pro sounds with minimal movement.Length: 7:05 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Lesson 12
In this lesson, Will expands on these great sounding chords with more easy chord movements. In addition, he shows us how to inject more rhythm into our strumming by accenting certain beats.Length: 12:10 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 13
In this lesson, Will has a great track for us done in the style of Buffalo Springfield that is a great vehicle for getting solid strumming and rhythm down pat.Length: 10:42 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 14
So much of acoustic guitar strumming is about rhythm. This lesson in the style of a Guns 'n' Roses ballad has a great simple strum pattern that will help you understand connecting with rhythm even more!Length: 9:07 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 15
Sometimes the coolest sounds are just certain chord shapes moved around the fretboard. This lesson clues you in on how to get some awesome sounds out of your basic E chord shape.Length: 8:34 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 16
Learning to put accents into your strumming will help you become a more dynamic player, especially when you're playing by yourself! This lesson works on the accents, plus a simple chord progression with...Length: 11:39 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 17
Another classic sounding chord progression here from Will! This lesson will also focus in on changing chords efficiently and smoothly, as well as how to add dynamics to your playing.Length: 18:01 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 18
It's time to ramp up the difficulty on your chords! Luckily, Will gives us a great track at a moderate to slow tempo to work out this very Beatlesque chord progression. If you can master this, you will...Length: 17:22 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 19
In a basic sense, your acoustic guitar is really a percussion instrument. To start to get the most out of that aspect of your guitar, Will shows us a great technique for injecting rhythm into your playing:...Length: 5:44 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 20
Now, let's take this new technique of slap strumming and apply it to some tracks we've already learned in this series. This will help you see the value of injecting rhythm into your playing, especially...Length: 11:59 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 21
Open barre chord shapes allow you to get very cool colors in your chords by using open strings. Will shows us some of his favorite open barre chord shapes, leading us up to a very cool track in the next...Length: 7:59 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 22
Now we put those open barre chord shapes to use with this 90's sounding track. This is also a great track for practicing big chord movements around the neck!Length: 19:45 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 23
So you've mastered the open barre chord shapes, now it's time to make a slight adjustment and voila! You've got your full barre chord shapes. These shapes will truly open up the entire fretboard to you,...Length: 17:19 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 24
Putting those full barre chord shapes to work, Will teaches us a chord progression reminiscent of Jason Mraz. This will allow you to use the shapes you learned, plus practice moving them around the neck...Length: 9:42 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 25
Learning the nuances of strumming is something that can really take your acoustic playing to the next level. In the track that Will made just for this series, he gets into the details of getting a good...Length: 13:39 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 26
This lesson is about big, resonant chords. These chords turn your guitar into a huge sounding instrument! In the chorus section of this track, Will shows you how to get the most out of these chords.Length: 17:50 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 27
Now it's time to learn the signature lead melody of this track! Not only does Will show us the notes, but he also gets us going on some fundamental techniques like bending, vibrato and hammer-ons.Length: 19:47 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 28
7th chords can drastically change the tonal character of not only chords you're playing, but the songs you're playing them in. Will gets you up to speed on your dominant 7th and minor 7th barre chords,...Length: 8:52 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 29
In lesson #29, Will unveils a classic sounding R&B style track that will give you all the practice you need on your barre chord shapes, particularly the dominant 7th shapes.Length: 19:43 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 30
In part two of this lesson, Will takes a look at 'thumb chords' as a great alternative to your regular barre chords. And as always, he looks at the rhythm and strumming, adding another type of feel to...Length: 11:22 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 31
Adding chord hammer-ons and embellishments is a great way to really step up your game on the acoustic guitar. In this lesson, Will gives you the low down on some commonly used chordal hammer-ons that...Length: 17:31 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 32
The moving bass technique is something commonly found in country, old rock and roll and rockabilly. Join Will as he gets us up to speed with this super fun technique!Length: 13:16 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 33
Are 'slash' chord still a mystery to you? Well, this lesson is designed to take away that mystery, and get you playing these chords that add a lot color to your sound!Length: 10:36 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 34
Here's a cool mellow track in the style of John Mellencamp or Neil Young that gets you moving certain shapes around the neck. This one's a lot of fun!Length: 14:46 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 35
Lots of triads shapes can be moved around the neck to get great, colorful sounds. Will takes the common shapes in this lesson, and shows you how and where to move them!Length: 7:50 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 36
For some of us, fingerpicking can be quite the mysterious process. Will demystifies that process in this lesson, giving you some simple, attainable techniques to get you started on this must know guitar...Length: 17:00 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 37
Now that you've got a few fingerpicking basics under your belt, here's a catchy descending riff that is fingerpicked in the style of Santana or Led Zeppelin.Length: 5:04 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 38
Fingerpicking can be applied in many different ways. Case in point, this is a riff we learned to play with a pick earlier in the series, now Will shows us how the riff can be just as effective using a...Length: 5:44 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 39
This lesson encapsulates a lot of elements of classic acoustic blues, but with a rock 'n' roll attitude. Explore the minor pentatonic scale, along with fingerpicking to get that traditional Delta Blues...Length: 15:14 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 40
Will now continues with the "B" section of the Acoustic Blues track. Here we'll find some driving, straight ahead strumming, culminating with a simple yet effective minor pentatonic lick at the end of...Length: 8:53 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 41
This one is all about the shapes. Once you get these intervallic shapes down, you open a whole new world of sounds on your guitar. Couple that with a very rhythmic track, and you end up with a very uplifting,...Length: 15:24 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 42
Here's a nice acoustic rock ballad done in the style of Radiohead or John Mayer. This track incorporates some very atmospheric chord voicings, as well as right hand techniques such as strumming without...Length: 17:48 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 43
This technique is sort of a hybrid between strumming and picking. Will uses a track that we learned earlier in the series to demonstrate this technique that you will find in all sorts of classic songs....Length: 13:23 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 44
Capos: A great inspirational tool, or a great mystery? In this last lesson of the series, Will attempts to demystify the capo with some basic information that can get you started using one right away!Length: 10:34 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
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Will Ripley is a passionate guitarist who performs, teaches, and manages a successful music business. His wild stage presence and undeniable guitar skills transcend vibe and waveforms of the highest levels of energy.. His talents however, are directly related to years of staying "on the grind" and "paying his dues". He has played with many bands, produced, composed and collaborated both solo and with top level musicians. He is a sought-after studio musician and works creatively with other musicians.
Coming from a blues and classic rock background, Ripley discovered 90?s rock in his late teens. Ripley's style is unique. He's been described as combining the blues guitar playing of Albert King and Jimi Hendrix with big riffs that are reminiscent of Led Zeppelin and Rage Against the Machine with the booty shaking rhythms of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and N.E.R.D. Ripley also has a soft place in his heart for pop music ranging from The Beatles to Stone Temple Pilots to Kelly Clarkson.
In addition to creation and production of music, Ripley teaches guitar using a method he developed through his education and over countless sessions with learners of all ages and levels. This led to the development of a successful series of recorded lessons called Guitar Goals available from his website. As the founder of the Will Ripley Guitar School he has begun expanding as a franchise into other cities which has 1 location currently – the Vancouver Guitar School. Students the world over can learn guitar using this effective, rewarding, and enjoyable style at their own pace – with epic results!
Ripley seeks participation in authentic, professional-level music, with like-minded, enthusiastic, high-achieving musicians. With dreams of creating legendary songs, Ripley is open to new band mates, songwriting partners, and recording opportunities.
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Today the meaning of life, the universe, everything =
Yep, it's my 42nd birthday, as much as I might to deny it, and as much as many people look surprised to discover I am that old. (but they say you are only as old as the woman you feel… So that's only 29).
Funnily enough I don't feel 42, even stranger is the fact that I think I have been 42 for the last 12 months. Every time someone has asked over the last 12 months I have either said "nearly 42" or just straight out "42", I don't know why…
Odin commissioned (from Mum) a crayon picture of him in blue shoes and gloves with Dad in red shoes, as well as Mum… Cooking. I think the 2nd is a worry. Maybe it's time I learnt to cook something other than bacon.
My wife has signaled that she thinks our marriage is over by supplying me with a gaming mouse…
Must not use it…
… Excessively…
Last night we tried to beat the maintenace timer (you folk complain about enrage and nerf timers, the maintainance timer is an Oceanic player's biggest foe on a Tuesday night) in Heroic Halls of Lightning.
I just knew Loken had my pants, we just has to race and get them (mind you the DKs thought Loken was holding their axe – I would have rolled against them if he did, purely in spite).
I am getting very sick and tired of this Worspress iPhone app loosing my posts. I have lost 2 whole long posts this week, and now half of this one!
Anyway, rewriting the rest…
I think probably the biggest difference between TBC and WoLK for me so far is the difficulty level of the Heroics. In TBC, you ran the normal instances a few times to get the strategy right, and gear up before even approaching a Heroic. In WoLK, Heroics are really entry level.. they must be, I have basically only done the instances in Heroic Mode, 1st time (nearly) every time.
On top of that, the concept of tackling the "hard mode" achievements in a first run of an instance just seems preposterous… yet, last night, while scoring top spot on the damage meter for General Bjarngrim, I aslo picked up Lightning Struck.
How easy… too easy, 2 "hard mode" achievements in my 1st run of an instance, which was on Heroic!
So how did we go?
- Maintenance Timer: 1
- Adventurers: 0
No new panties for me this time around… but I'm coming back for you Loken!
Ohhh, and Google will return the answer 42 if you ask the question….
Google will also search for Chuck Norris… but you may not like the answer…
Gnomer and Out!
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Canny small-business owners long ago saw a potential opportunity to hawk their wares to American motorists. This phenomenon isn't just limited to gas stations and fast-food drive-thrus—all kinds of businesses exist along the interstate, catering to aimless wanderers, daily commuters and drivers on vacation.
The most common roadside businesses specialize in two things—gas and food, commodities without which no road trip will last for very long. But there's another category of roadside business that caters to the travelers of America's highways: the curiosity, the tourist trap, the legendary destination, that place your friends have said you've just got to see if you happen to be going from point A to point B.
Some of these destinations have stood for the better part of a century, while others are just getting started. But all of these small businesses offer a glimpse into an offbeat side of American culture. Read ahead and see what they are.
—By Daniel Bukszpan
Updated 20 June 2014


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TAMPA, FL -- Nick Schuyler, the man who was rescued Monday after the boat he was riding on flipped in the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend, is a personal trainer at an LA Fitness in Lutz, FL.
Three other men on the boat with Schuyler, two of whom are NFL football players, are still missing. All three are members of LA Fitness, says Jim English, the club's general manager.
English says he's happy that Schuyler (pronounced SKY-ler) was rescued but remains worried about the men who are still missing—Marquis Cooper of the Oakland Raiders, Corey Smith, previously of the Detroit Lions, and former University of South Florida football player William Bleakley.
"We're all very happy that Nick is alive and well," English said today in an interview with Club Industry's Fitness Business Pro. "It's kind of a Catch-22 for us. On the other side, we're very sad about the possible outcome of the other three members and friends of mine and of the club. They work out here five, six, seven days a week sometimes, and all of them work out together."
According to media reports, the four men left Clearwater Pass in Florida early Saturday morning in calm weather, but heavy winds picked up through the day and the seas became rough with waves of 7 feet and higher, peaking at 15 feet on Sunday. A relative of one of the four men alerted the Coast Guard early Sunday after the men did not return as expected. The Coast Guard said it did not receive a distress signal.
Around noon on Monday, the Coast Guard rescued Schuyler after one of its crew spotted him clinging to the hull of the boat, about 35 miles off Clearwater Pass. Schuyler, who was conscious yet weak when he was loaded onto a stretcher, told interviewers that all four men were pulling up the anchor Saturday evening when the boat capsized and that all four swam under the boat to recover their life vests, according to media reports. Schuyler told the Coast Guard that Cooper, Smith and Bleakley were separated from the boat about 2 p.m. Sunday. It is unclear how they got separated.
"[Nick's] reasons for survival were his being in top physical shape," English says. "All of them were in top physical shape. I just think that Nick was just the one that was chosen at this point in time. He was very blessed to survive this at this point. You have to wonder what was going through his mind and what did he actually witness and see. I'm sure he saw his friends disappear. I just couldn't imagine that feeling and those emotions that he's going to have to deal with going forward."
The Coast Guard called off the search for Cooper, Smith and Bleakley at sundown today. Bruce Cooper, the father of Marquis Cooper, said earlier today that he still had hope, but that the Coast Guard told families privately that officials were not optimistic because of the time frame and possibility of hypothermia, according to media reports.
About two weeks ago, the four men had been fishing near the same spot where the boat capsized, English says.
"They were excited about going back out on the trip again," English says. "In fact, I had a couple of other trainers that were going to go out there with them. Fortunately for them, they didn't go."
Several professional athletes are members of the LA Fitness club, English says. Just last Friday, Cooper spent time talking to a high school football player at the club who wanted to learn the best exercises for speed and agility, English says.
"He gave the kid a good 20 to 30 minutes of his time," English says.
Schuyler, who also played football at the University of South Florida, has been a personal trainer at LA Fitness since the club opened in June 2007, English says.
"The thing that stands out with me about Nick is that he's very attentive with all of his clients, very personable," English says. "He has a very good work ethic. You can always count on him. Mentally, he will get through this. He's a tough kid."


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Investors yank $5.7 billion from U.S. stocks - most in 10 weeksAugust 9, 2012: 9:31 AM ET
The flight out of U.S. stocks picked up speed last week, as investors were left disappointed by the Federal Reserve's failure to take steps to stimulate the economy.
Investors yanked $5.7 billion out of U.S. stock mutual funds during the week ended Aug. 1, more than twice the amount pulled during the prior week, and the most since the week ended May 23. The outflow was also the fourth-biggest this year.
Investors spent most of last week waiting for the Fed and the European Central Bank to flood financial markets with stimulus measures to boost the global economy. But neither central bank came through.
The market was also roiled by a trading software snafu at Knight Capital Group (KCG) that sent numerous erroneous orders for NYSE-listed securities into the market. Nearly 150 companies were affected.
Related: Beware of investor complacency
Investors haven't shown much love for stocks at all this year. In fact, U.S. stock mutual funds have bled money for 21 of the last 23 weeks, and since the beginning of the year, investors have pulled more than $63 billion from U.S. stock mutual funds. By comparison, these funds lost in the neighborhood of $40 billion during the first seven months of 2010 and 2011.>
As they draw their money out of stocks, investors continue to plow into bond mutual funds, which raked in $5.1 billion in assets during the latest week.
Hybrid funds, which invest in both stocks and bonds, gained $630million last week. Taking the middle road has been good for hybrid funds, which have enjoyed inflows for much of 2011.


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Dr. Grumpy: "Quit smoking. You also need to start taking your medications as prescribed."
Mrs. Marlboro: "That's a lot of work. Can't I just take a vitamin or something?"
A Blog detailing the insanity of my medical practice and the stupidity of everyday life.
And you said...
*Facepalm* Some people deserve their fate. If you have an opportunity to make a positive change and you blow it off, no sympathy here.
They will get me to give up my cigarette when they pry my cold dead hands from around them--Yup, that is probably exactly what will happen.
the American way: fix it with a pill. You eat like a pig..take a pill. You smoke like a chimney, use an inhaler. You can't effectively parent your kids, give them pills.
@Chick, you forgot "and then demand that someone else pay for those pills."
"Or smoke some of those new vitamin-enriched cigarettes?"
Rome was not built in a day, bad habits cant usually be stopped in a day.
It's going to be hard to swallow those vitamins with all that dysphagia from your next massive stroke.
"Sure that'll work. Since you are so compliant with taking your other meds I am positive you will have no trouble with ths one either.
Right, Nite Nurse? If he can't manage to take one set of pills the doctor gave him, why does he think he'll take a different set of pills? "Vitamin" does not mean, "The pill puts itself into your mouth for you!"
Amen Polly
Yes, there is a "one shot", "one time" panacea for what ails you. It is in the form of a suppository and contains a mixture of lead and copper which you insert into either ear canal. The handy applicator is manufactured in this country by Smith and Wesson.
Have a nice day.
My mother died at age 58 from a stroke, mainly due to smoking. My father died with lung cancer. My sister is a 51 year old type 1 diabetic home health care nurse who won't stop smoking. Recently I had to give her money for bills, but of course, she had money to buy cigarettes. I despise everything about them.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't rehab after a debilitating stroke be "a lot of work" too?
--Queen Anne's Lace
"That's a lot of work. Can't I just take a vitamin or something?"
haha. No wonder you called her Mrs. Marlboro. There are indeed so many stubborn people in the planet.
Cathy@medical products
She could always try dying of something else first.
Anon: "Dying of something else first"
Yeah! Right On! Preferably before the next appointment is due!
Lead poisoning perhaps?
Just tell him his prescribed meds are special herbal vitamins.
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So, Tuesday Kobe said he is a Laker forever. Wednesday, he said he wanted to be traded and there was nothing that could change his mind. Later in the day, it sounded like he talked to Phil and changed his mind. What a drama queen.
Wilbon on Kobe …
Kobe says he wants out of Los Angeles, wants the Lakers to trade him because he feels the team hasn't kept its promise to rebuild a contender around him, and because he feels one of the team's executives has told reporters in L.A. that it was Kobe who more or less endorsed Shaq being traded to Miami after the 2004 season.
There's more intrigue in the latest Kobe reality show than the last hour of "The Good Shepherd." There's Kobe going public with his trade demand.
There's his request that former Lakers boss Jerry West put off retirement to come back from Memphis and fix the Lakers. There's an implicit suggestion that current Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak has been inadequate in the specific area of acquiring talent -- which is true. There's "he-said," innuendo, revision of history and plenty of hurt feelings.
By late Wednesday afternoon, Jackson had gotten hold of Kobe, who did a tiny little backslide on his trade demand in an ESPN interview with Dan Patrick. And by late evening in California, the backslide had turned into a full backpedal with Kobe telling the populace how much he wanted to stay in La-La.
Either way, this is one May cliffhanger that isn't going to hold until fall.
Bryant isn't going anywhere. The Lakers aren't going to trade him and shouldn't. West, arguably the greatest basketball executive who ever lived other than Red Auerbach, will get over being steamed at Kobe, push retirement away for a couple of years or so and ultimately save the Lakers. Within the next 48 hours, Kobe will have talked again with Jackson, also with West, also with owner Jerry Buss, who preferred Kobe over Shaq three years ago, and will conclude it was all a misunderstanding. We'll hear inside a week or so that they're all on the same page, that Kobe was simply demonstrating the great passion he has for the team, its fans and winning championships, which is what he's about.
We'll hear Kobe say he was serious at the time, that his feelings were hurt, but that the club has promised him -- the great West has promised him -- that whatever happened the last three years is over and that the team will do whatever it has to do to return to championship form.
But it won't keep all parties from viewing each other with suspicion.
Bill Simmons proposes many trades for Kobe, one with Dallas …
Dallas trades Josh Howard, Jason Terry and Jerry Stackhouse (sign-and-trade starting at $7.3 million per) for Kobe.
Comments: I'm intrigued by this one because (A) the Lakers would be competitive with a Howard-Terry-Odom-Bynum nucleus; (B) Kobe would solve all of Nowitzki's toughness/crunch-time problems; and (C) Dallas could probably win a title with Kobe, Nowitzki, the Diop/Dampier combo, Devin Harris and seven guys they found on the street. But would the Lakers ever trade Kobe to a Western contender? And would Cuban ever admit that Dirk was irrevocably damaged by the 2006 Finals and the Warriors-Mavs series, to the degree that he needed to acquire another crunch-time guy? If the Mavs didn't have the testicular fortitude to pull off a Shaq trade three years ago, they won't have the gulliones to go after Kobe.
Playoffs are all about LeBron …right now, anyway…
Give me the choice of the Detroit Pistons coming out of the Eastern Conference finals or LeBron James going into the championship series – with whomever are those other guys on his team – and I'll take James without hesitation.
More than I care about a possible San Antonio-Cleveland matchup in the NBA Finals, I want to see if this extraordinarily gifted 22-year-old can reach almost impossible expectations and secure the trophy that ultimately validates a star's portfolio.
Fickle? Oh, yeah. Two games ago, the basketball-talkers were knotted up over James' failures against the Pistons.
In Game 1, James whipped a pass to an open 3-point shooter in the final moments rather than taking the ball in for a power dunk. The shot missed and it became James' fault.
In Game 2, he tried to force the last shot in traffic, but got tangled with a defender in an airborne struggle, and missed.
With James playing as a mere mortal (scoring just 29 points total), Cleveland trailed 0-2, and the series was labeled as insufferably boring.
Two Cleveland wins and 57 James points later, the suddenly compelling Eastern Conference finals are tied up heading into tonight's game. And James stands on the threshold of becoming a star to headline the NBA for the next 10 or 15 seasons.
Miami's Dwyane Wade led the Heat to last season's title, and shares some of the qualities with James that could lead to transcendent stardom.
But James has held a place in basketball fans' consciousness since his midteens. He signed a shoe contract for $90 million when he was 18.
The second he stepped on the floor, straight out of high school, he was among the most physically imposing players in the league.
Under the pressure of constant scrutiny, James has somehow managed to avoid any of the prevalent NBA knuckleheadedness.
He's a vocal leader on his team, without apparent self-absorption. His postgame interviews are more analytical and insightful than most veterans can supply. He even seems like a fairly decent actor/dancer/performer while assuming a number of personae in his Nike commercials.
And his game? The drives and dunks are highlight staples, and he's a spectacular passer. He could improve his free-throw and perimeter shooting.
He put in 32 points in Game 3 to get the Cavs back into the series, and then stepped up with 13 points in the fourth quarter of Game 4 on Tuesday to finish with 25 points and 11 assists. He netted a critical 3-pointer and then made a pair of lethal free throws in the final seconds.
I'll admit it: The series is now interesting because of LeBron James. The Finals need him. The NBA needs him.
Oh, yeah. Spurs are in the Finals …whoopee
Four months ago, the Spurs had reason to wonder about their mortality. They were old and unathletic, former champions with lead legs and graying beards, trudging toward retirement instead of a title.
With the Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns surging to the top of the standings, the Spurs conceded the division and No. 1 playoff seed and clung to the same two-word mantra they've always kept close: Keep improving.
The Spurs did just that. They strengthened their defense. Their aging shooters relocated their touch.
And four months later, with a sellout crowd filling the AT&T Center on Wednesday night, the Spurs overwhelmed the Utah Jazz 109-84, then pulled on their Western Conference champion T-shirts and hats and celebrated their fourth trip to the NBA Finals.
"It feels great to be back," Tim Duncan said. "It feels great to be back."
The Spurs will have a week to rest and prepare before opening the Finals on June 7 against Detroit or Cleveland, their reward for dismissing the Jazz in five games.
Duncan and Tony Parker made sure the Spurs didn't have to work any harder than needed, each scoring 21 points, neither playing more than 28 minutes. Manu Ginobili had 12 and Fabricio Oberto, whose hustle and headiness helped steady the Spurs throughout the series, had seven points and 10 rebounds.
"We started off the season up and down, up and down," said Robert Horry, who is going after his seventh championship. "All the good teams in the league were getting streaks and rolling. We didn't put it together, so I said hopefully, it's a sign we'll put it together late.
Ducks beat the Senators in another quality contest …
Two games into the Stanley Cup finals and the scorecard for the Ducks' checking line reads as follows:
Shut down the Ottawa Senators' vaunted scoring line of Daniel Alfredsson, Jason Spezza and Dany Heatley. Check. Account for the game-winning goal in each game. Check. Put the Ducks two wins away from their first championship. Check.
Samuel Pahlsson came up with the late heroics this time at the Honda Center on Wednesday night as he ended a scoreless duel with 5 minutes 44 seconds remaining in the Ducks' 1-0 victory in Game 2, which gave them a commanding 2-0 lead in the series.
Game 3 is Saturday at Ottawa.
History is firmly on the side of the Ducks. Only three teams have rebounded from a 2-0 deficit to win a seven-game Stanley Cup series — the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs and the 1966 and 1971 Montreal Canadiens.
It gets better. Thirty teams have won the first two games at home since the seven-game format was instituted in 1939, and 29 have gone on to win the Cup.
On to baseball, Newberg on Teixeira …
If Texas is to trade Teixeira, shouldn't the Dodgers and Braves be considered extremely strong candidates, if not the strongest two? The local media doesn't seem to think so.
A lot can change if Dunn hits the market, and if A-Rod hits the market (doesn't his opt-out seem to draw closer to an inevitability every day lately?), and Todd Helton and Torii Hunter and maybe even Miguel Tejada and Troy Glaus. Right now Teixeira stands to be the prize catch, which is not to say he wouldn't be even if all those others are dangled. But if the July buyers can get a Helton or Glaus for significantly less than it would take to get Teixeira, that's when Texas loses some leverage in terms of what price in players it can put on its star first baseman.
Maybe the Rangers can't get what Oakland got for Mark Mulder (Haren, Daric Barton, Kiko Calero) or what Cleveland got for Bartolo Colon and Tim Drew (Grady Sizemore, Cliff Lee, Brandon Phillips, Lee Stevens). And Texas doesn't have to trade Teixeira at all, let alone in 2007.
But as I discussed in my May 16 and May 25 reports, it seems inevitable that, strategically, the Rangers will have to trade Teixeira this summer or this winter unless they believe they will be able to sign him long-term after the 2008 season.
Again, I don't want Teixeira traded. But it may be inescapable at this point.
Seems to me that the best chances for it to be this summer would be if the Dodgers or Braves were to step up.
And Adam Morris gets us ready for the 2007 MLB Draft with good stuff. And Organizational Over-view … A look at the Doug Melvin Drafts …and A review of the Hart/Fuson/Daniels drafts since …
Rangers lose! …
If the Rangers were able to pull back and observe their series with Oakland from a distance, they'd have seen the only two things keeping them from contending in the AL West.
•Strong starting pitching.
•An efficient offense.
Oakland, which has gone to the playoffs five times since 2000, clinched the three-game
series Wednesday with a perfectly methodical 6-1 win.
Starter Dan Haren lulled the Rangers' bats to sleep. The Oakland offense squeezed runs
out of virtually every opportunity it encountered against John Koronka.
"I thought we had a chance to break through against him, but every time I thought we had a chance, he made a pitch," manager Ron Washington said. "But he got a lead and once he gets a lead, those guys over there know how to run to the wall and catch the ball. That's what he does."
Haren threw strikes and watched the Rangers hit balls helplessly into the wind. He got 18 of his 24 outs on fly balls (14) or strikeouts (4).
The A's meanwhile, took advantage of a leadoff walk in the first, turning it into a two-run inning. They tacked on single runs in the third, fifth and sixth against Koronka with a pair of bunts and a pair of sacrifice flies playing key roles.
All those little things added up to a big margin. By the end of the sixth, Koronka was out of the game and the A's led, 6-1. It was the second time in the series – and the 20th game in 53 this season – that the Rangers have trailed by at least five runs.
"They got a couple of doubles, a sac fly and an infield hit," Washington said. "You scratch out runs, that's what happens."
The Rangers haven't done a particularly good job of scratching out runs.
They seem to keep struggling with the idea of making the opposing starting pitcher work hard early. On Wednesday, it was as if they started down that path, then forgot all about it in mid-game.
They made Haren throw 79 pitches through the first four innings, but just 37 over his next four.
At one point, Haren retired 11 consecutive Rangers.
"In the late innings, we come out and have some good at-bats," said shortstop Michael Young, who had a two-pitch flyout in the fifth. "We're battling late, but we have to do a better job earlier in the game."
Chris Young dominates …Again…
Chris Young dominated the Pittsburgh Pirates again, allowing four hits over seven innings in the Padres' 9-0 victory Wednesday night, their eighth shutout of the season.
Young, a former Pirates farmhand, walked one and struck out seven. Pittsburgh has managed seven hits in 23 2-3 career innings against Young (6-3).
"I think certain guys match up better against certain teams, and he obviously matches up well against us," said Jason Bay, who had one of only two extra-base hits against Young. "The three times he's thrown, obviously, we don't have a lot of him figured out yet."
Khalil Greene's grand slam in the eighth inning gave San Diego a 7-0 lead. The Padres have won four of five and seven of nine and remain one game behind the Dodgers and a half-game behind the Diamondbacks in the NL West.
The Pirates, who won the series opener Tuesday, had won four of five.
"It was a good win for us," Young said. "I felt good. For the most part, I was able to execute my pitches pretty well. I had decent fastball command and for me that's my bread and butter. On nights when I'm able to put my fastball where I want, I'll take my chances."
In his two previous starts against Pittsburgh – both last season – Young took a no-hitter into the sixth inning. His no-hit bid June 4 at PNC Park lasted 5 1-3 innings and he allowed two hits in eight shutout innings. On Sept. 22, in San Diego, Young lost a no-hitter with one out in the ninth on Joe Randa's two-run homer.
Still, Young downplayed his supremacy over Pittsburgh.
"You've got to get up for every game," Young said. "It's the big leagues and if you don't have your good stuff, teams are going to make you pay. Regardless of who it is, I just try to focus on making
good pitches and try to execute my game plan. Some nights it works out and other nights it doesn't."
Pittsburgh had 11 players on the roster who had faced Young before Wednesday, and they were a combined 3-for-49 (.061) against him. The Pirates went 4-for-24 (.167) against Young on Wednesday.
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1 Greg Oden
7'1" 245 19 Ohio State
2 Kevin Durant
6'10" 190 18 Texas
3 Al Horford
6'9" 235 20 Florida
4 Yi Jianlian
7'1" 230 19 China
5 Brandan Wright
6'10" 210 19 North Carolina
6 Corey Brewer
6'8" 185 21 Florida
7 Mike Conley
6'1" 170 19 Ohio State
8 Julian Wright
6'9" 220 19 Kansas
9 Jeff Green
6'8" 225 20 Georgetown
10 Joakim Noah
6'11" 230 22 Florida
11 Spencer Hawes
7'1" 230 19 Washington
13 Acie Law
6'3" 185 22 Texas A&M
14 Thaddeus Young
6'8" 210 18 Georgia Tech
15 Tiago Splitter
7'1" 240 22 Brazil
England football wages are going way up …
The average Premier League footballer will earn around £1.1million a year next season, according to a new report.
The annual review of football finance by Deloitte also predicts the bumper new TV rights package will see the first £10million-a-year player within three seasons.
The reports shows wages last year shot up by 9% in the top flight in England.
Dan Jones, partner of Deloitte's sports business group, said a 3% wage fall in 2004-05 now appeared to be just a blip in the overall upward trend.
Jones said: 'We do expect the average annual earnings for a Premier League player next season will be in the region of £1.1million and that over the next three years we will see English football's first player to earn £10million per annum from a club, equivalent to £200,000 per week.'
The review also shows a huge gap in wages paid by Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool compared to the rest of the Premiership.
However, spending power among all Premier League clubs is now far superior to comparable sides in Italy and Spain.
Jones said the wage rise could be explained by clubs anticipating the extra income from the £2.7billion TV deal that comes on stream from next season.
That would also explain why overall operating profits were down 15% - but are expected to double next season.
There is also concern at the widening gap between the Premier League and Coca-Cola Championship clubs. The gap between the average club revenue for each league was a record £56million in 2005-06 and is likely to increase to over £70million next season.
Championship clubs' total wage costs for 2005-06 increased by 5% to £228million - just twice the wage bill for Chelsea alone.
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Electronic Data Interchange, or EDI, refers to the structured transmission of data from organization to organization through electronic means. This could be to transfer electronic documents from one computer system to another and refers to a family of standards. EDI is primarily based upon ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange), and focuses on formatted single messages rather than the whole sequence of conditions and exchanges that make up inter-organizational processes. Because of this EDI also implies a sequence of messages between two parties, having formatted data that represents the document. With EDI, these messages are communicated by computer to computer, rather than having human intervention.
Since EDI is considered to be a technical representation of a business conversation between two computers, it often describes the rigorously standardized format of these electronic documents. Because of this, it is important to have strict standards. EDI standards were designed to be independent of software and communication technologies. In 2002, the IETF published RFC 3335, which offered a standardized, secure method of transferring EDI data via e-mail.
The four major sets of EDI standards are as follows:
- The UN recommended UN/EDIFACT is the only international standard and is predominant outside of North America.
- The US standard ANSI ASC X12 is primarily used in North America
- TRADACOMS standards are used in the UK retail industry
- ODETTE standards are used in the European automotive industry.
Typically, EDI documents contain the same information that would be found in a paper document of the same function. For example, an EDI 940 ship-from-warehouse order is used by a manufacturer to tell a warehouse to ship the product to a retailer. This contains a shipping address, billing addres, a list of product numbers in the form of a UPC barcode, and quantities. However, EDI is used across all industries, not just in warehousing applications.


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Toaster museum? Kitchen nostalgia pops up everywhere
Eric Norcross didn't think he would ever be an authority on toast.
One day the art history buff was grumbling to friends about the flaky state of restaurant toast ("It's too cold, it's overdone, it's underdone," he says). The next, he owned more than 700 toasters and was trying to establish a museum dedicated to the art of browning bread.
Somewhere along the way, he became a font of toast trivia. Who were the first people to make toast? The Egyptians, around 4,000 B.C. Where does the word toast come from? The Latin "tostum," meaning to scorch or burn.
"Sometimes it's kind of embarrassing being labeled the toaster guy," he says.
But Norcross' modesty belies the enthusiasm he shows for the lowly household appliance. When the Charlottesville museum opens in their Belmont home he's hoping for next spring– Norcross says it will be the second incarnation of a novelty that attracted worldwide attention in Seattle nearly 10 years ago.
Although Norcross says he doesn't know how the idea "popped" into his head (one has to excuse his temptation for puns), the collection began growing when he opened a toast-your-own-bread café in Seattle in 1988. Similar to the make-your-own-sandwich and grill-your-own-burger restaurants common in Seattle and other fashionable spots, the café allowed patrons to toast and top their own slices of bread– making a perfect piece of toast every time.
The café was a hit, and before he knew it, Norcross had a sizable array of well-worn toasters– most gleaned from garage sales and antique markets– and a wife, Kelly, who came in for a slice one day and burned her finger on an old Toast-O-Lator.
The pair continued to hunt for unique toasters, until they had more than they could squeeze into the café.
"Once your brain is tuned in to looking for an object, you start noticing it in all sorts of different spots," says Norcross, 40. "We'd come across toasters that we had never seen before, didn't know existed, weren't sure how they worked, who made them."
Those discoveries sent Norcross and his wife on a treasure hunt for toaster lore, much of which they now post on a website.
They lost the café space at the end of 1990, then opened an art gallery and studio the next year. As at the café, the toasters became the drawing card.
The gallery lasted for just a year– the Norcrosses lost their lease again in 1994– but it attracted attention. National Public Radio did a piece on it, as did Forbes magazine, the BBC, and television stations in Canada and Japan.
At first, Norcross says, he and Kelly looked for varieties of the classic pop-up toaster– and those were mostly all they found. But over the years, the collection began to span the evolution of toaster design.
The first toaster came along around 1909, though there are conflicting claims as to who was actually the first. Inventors at three different companies– General Electric, Simplex, and Pacific Electric Heating Co.– all applied for patents at about the same time for very similar-looking inventions, Norcross says.
Most of these early toasters were nothing more than wire racks leaning against heating coils. Norcross says one person usually had the job of flipping the wire racks at the breakfast table so both sides of the bread could be toasted.
From that point, he says, innovation really started to kick in. "You had side-loaders, you had top-loaders," he says. "Since you could toast a piece of bread in any way... you had lots of companies trying lots of different things."
One design from 1917, the Armstrong Table Stove, allowed a person to fix an entire breakfast– eggs, bacon and toast– simultaneously in three stacked compartments. Another model from the late '20s by Universal, "The Sweetheart Toaster," featured heart-shaped wire racks that could be flipped by pushing a button.
The automatic "pop-up" mechanism in today's toasters was invented in 1919 by Charles Strite, a man who Norcross says was tired of eating burnt toast at his company cantina. It took seven more years, though, for the first commercial pop-up toaster to appear on the market. The Toastmaster was smaller than many manual models, but more expensive– $13-14 on average, compared with $1 for the cheapest manuals.
Then came the Great Depression, which changed everything. Many smaller manufacturers were put out of business, and innovation gave way to streamlining. Toastmaster, Sunbeam, and Universal survived, and as a result, so did their simple, top-loading, pop-up designs.
Norcross says manufacturers now focused more on perfecting quality, which is why many toasters made in the 1940s, '50s, and '60s can still be found in kitchens today.
"This is where we get the cliché of a toaster as a wedding gift," Norcross says. "Back then it was a good gift and was meant to last."
The mentality changed in the 1970s, when operations moved overseas and companies expanded production of their other appliances. The toaster stopped being something you bought once in your lifetime and became a product you were expected to replace every few years, Norcross says.
Norcross is not a fan of commercialization. His love for his older toasters is as palpable as his disdain for collection competitors on websites such as eBay. Norcross says all of this takes the purity out of the pursuit of discovery.
About four years ago, the Norcrosses relocated to Charlottesville– like Seattle, a city known for its trendy cafés– and stored their toasters in the basement of the home they are now renovating. They plan to convert the basement into the museum, and in keeping with their reverence for the toaster, intend to make the museum a nonprofit organization.
The toaster museum is appropriate today because of the current trend toward nostalgic kitchen appliances, says Michael J. Morecroft, CEO and president of Hamilton Beach Protor-Silex. And Mark Shore, director of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Tourism Bureau, says the city of Thomas Jefferson is an appropriate spot for the Norcrosses' museum, noting that Jefferson was "very interested in architectural design."
Norcross says the most important thing is seeing people come into the museum who probably wouldn't ordinarily visit a gallery. "It started out as something fun to do," Norcross says. "If we're not making any money from it, maybe this exposure is good enough."
For Norcross, this is the side he evidently wants his bread buttered on.
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Cat (food?) burglar strikes Pet Forum
Charlottesville police are requesting assistance identifying this man, who was captured on surveillance video as he robbed the Pet Forum store in the Seminole Trail shopping center early this morning. Anyone with information about the crime or his identity should call Crimestoppers at 434-977-4000.
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It was rather interesting for me to read that post. Thanx for it. I like such topics and anything that is connected to them. I would like to read more soon.
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Time to start collecting DNA again...
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The latest Automation Marketplace feature I authored has been published in the April 1 issue of Library Journal. This year's version, titled "The New Frontier: The battle intensifies to win hearts, minds, and tech dollars" highlights the major activities of the companies involved in producing library automation software and describes some of the major trends that played out in 2010.
This year marks the 9th year I've written this report on the industry:
- 2011: New Frontier: battle intensifies to win hearts, minds and tech dollars
- 2010: New Models, Core Systems
- 2009: Investing in the Future
- 2008: Opportunity out of turmoil
- 2007: An industry redefined
- 2006: Reshuffling the deck
- 2005: Gradual evolution
- 2004: Migration down, innovation up
- 2003: The competition heats up
- 2002: Capturing the migrating customer
This year witnessed a new phase of competition following a period of research and development that aimed to provide alternatives to libraries, both in back-end automation and end user discovery. A variety of new solutions have emerged, often representing quite different conceptual models. In a continued trend, librarians seek solutions that immediately improve the experiences of their users, especially via discovery products; meanwhile, the number of complete integrated library system (ILS) replacements declined again this year. ...continue reading
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I finally did my first dive! Despite having travelled to so many places that would be considered a diver's paradise, I had never tried scuba diving before. Why, you might ask, has it taken me so long to lose my diving virginity? Well, let me start by describing how I learned to love what was beneath the ocean surface through snorkelling first.
First of all, I grew up far from any ocean, so snorkelling and diving were not common endeavours and I knew few people who had ever tried it. As an adult, I travelled to the ocean more often and was always intrigued while watching snorkellers and divers boarding boats to the great blue yonder but it was such a foreign concept to me, I never tried it. Then, in 2002, we splurged on our first all-inclusive package trip to Cuba. While visiting Playa Pesquero Resort in Cuba, Carol and I spent time on the beautiful beach, went swimming, got to know some locals (as we always do) and enjoyed the variety of free cocktails. One day while lazing on the beach, I watched as people went out snorkelling right from beach and learned that snorkel gear was available for free (I am a stingy Dutch-Canadian after all)! I was really interested in trying it but still a little afraid. The ocean was big and deep and full of dangerous things like sharks, poisonous snakes, and jellyfish (watched too many National Geographic shows…). I was afraid of drowning, getting eaten or some other horrible death by sea. But the other people snorkeling were emerging no worse for wear… so maybe I would be okay too? So I waited until some people were about to go out (so I wouldn't be alone in the scary sea) and asked Carol if she wanted to give it a try. Now, if you've been reading our blog, you already know that Carol tends to be someone who needs contemplate for awhile before trying new things (and slowly "get her feet wet"), so she declined. However, not wanting to hold me back, she quickly encouraged me to go for it and report back on what it was like. So in our usual fashion, I dove right in (pun intended) and Carol contemplated it from the safety of the beautiful white sand beach with a rum cocktail in hand!
Due to my fear of drowning, I donned a life jacket and, as a novice, I clumsily walked into the water with my flippers already on my feet! I must of been quite a sight! As I began snorkelling (only in the shallows at first – to protect against drowning and sea monsters, of course), I naturally held my breath like I was swimming. Then I tentatively took my first breaths through the snorkel tube and realized I was going to be okay. Once I learned to slow my breathing and relax, I started to enjoy the fish swimming around me. Then I realized that the flippers and salt water would keep me afloat and I felt stupid wearing the life jacket and frustrated with it slowing me down. When I got back on the beach I was happy and excited to share my experience with Carol. I encouraged her to go snorkelling with me, without a life jacket, and taught her everything I had learned in my first experience. Although still hesitant Carol, having had enough time to contemplate it, agreed to give it a try and ever since we have snorkelled in Cuba, Mexico, Egypt, Thailand and Indonesia.
Now fastforward to my first dive experience. We were staying on Gill Air in Indonesia and timing was perfect. Carol wanted some time to work on the blog and knowing that I wanted to give diving a try (I had been talking about for quite sometime), she encouraged me to go for it to get me out of her hair for a few hours. I really wanted her to join in but as she said "I'm too chicken shit, you go and then you can tell me all about it" . Knowing that she is a "get her feet wet" kind of person, I hoped that if I gave her the space she needs to contemplate and see that I enjoyed it, she would give it a try with me some time in the future just like the snorkelling.
I signed up for Discover Scuba Dive for the next day and man was I nervous that night! The fears I had of snorkelling were only minor compared to what I was feeling this time… but I was at the same time I was super excited! The next afternoon, with great trepidation, I joined the other (seemingly, at least) less fearful DSD students and, after learning about diving, our instructor Cindy led us off to get geared up. They gave me a XXL wetsuit to put on but damn, it was tight! (Indonesian sizes are not meant for my husky build!). At the pool, while practicing our newly learned skills, I had to give the thumps up signal to go to the surface because I couldn't breathe! Not a great start — it didn't do much to quell my fears! After attempting again with the wet suit partially unzipped, my dive instructor finally agreed it would better for me to go in my rash t-shirt. So glad I made that decision — being Canadian and used to cold fresh water lakes came in handy! We went off to the ocean and I had a great time diving.
It felt so freeing to be able to breathe under water and get up close to the coral and fishes! Once there, all my fears receded and I loved it! The only issue was that, I was so excited by what I was seeing, I tended to swim around too much and used up my air too fast. Once back in the boat, my instructor chided me about being too active, saying diving is a lazy man's sport… Right up my alley!
I will dive again, hopefully soon. Although the price tag that comes with diving is somewhat prohibitive for my Dutch-Canadian budget sensibilities! And, I am confident that, if given enough time to contemplate and get her feet wet, Carol will join me.
What was it like when you lost your diving virginity? Any advice for Carol while she contemplates it from the safety of her snorkel mask on the surface? Your comments are very much appreciated!
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